From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QdBTe-0003G1-7u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:28:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D317A21C04C; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5974021C04C for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Jul 2011 01:26:32 -0000 Received: from p548500FC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.0.252] by mail.gmx.net (mp060) with SMTP; 03 Jul 2011 03:26:32 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18zRTIIx4MzwWBpiTr7puncHRKYFhbT6UREiA9GJf SpinbJ3PJAEqLS Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 03:26:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 03:26:31 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) Message-ID: <20110703012631.GH3049@solfire> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 71c097e256e2e9684fd318e247895b35 Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: > >>> The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I > >>> also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. =A0The system is = for > >>> playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever. =A0If you're familiar > >>> with the current hardware scene, where would you go from here as far > >>> as a motherboard and other components? =A0Any features a Gentoo'er > >>> should look for? > >>> > >>> - Grant > >> > >> Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? > > > > Yep. =A0Unless you have old ATI hardware. =A0Current hardware doesn't w= ork well. > > =A0Since he wants to buy new stuff, NVidia is recommended. >=20 > That's what I was afraid of. The fact that Nvidia has stopped making > onboard video will pose a problem. I could install an Nvidia video > card but I'm trying to keep temps low and I don't want a third fan in > the case. >=20 > - Grant >=20 Hi Grant, half a year ago my motherboard lost its blue smoke and I had to buy a new PC (the rest of the old one was outdated). One of my thoughts was: No graphics card with a fan! But the guy in the store said, that graphics cards without a fan has a problem: Either they are to slow (less heat) to be bought by the people or they are fast enough to be bought, but they will die sooner/easier due to a too hot GPU.=20 He gave me a card with fans and said: "If you hear something too loud -- bring it back." I tested the card and: Nothing. The only thing I hear is the very quiet fan of the PC case. The card is a: MSI N430GT PCI Express 2.0. It has two fans, which means lesser noise since both fans can run at lower speed. You said, you will not need a gamer graphics card. But if you are a fan of rendering (Blender,Luxrendere etc...) you may consider a card with more muscles since GPU based rendering is the way to go. BUT: When reading the driver informations from nvidia I found that the sections saying "Added support for...." are still missing the GT 430. I dont know whether this has any impact to you work -- the card runs well with Linux and the OpenGL-based Blender does not have any problems (its GPU based render engine is currently under development so I didnt test that...) If you are intereseted in the setup of my PC, post me a mail! Best regards, mcc